Interim Value: What Executive Departures Mean for P/C Insurers
It may not be a trend, but it is nonetheless interesting that several insurance companies in recent months have announced the appointments of interim CEOs. Just when you ...
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Russ Banham is a Pulitzer-nominated business journalist and author of 24 books.
California Wildfires Dwindle as Premiums Surge
In their 1999 paean to California, the Red Hot Chili Peppers sang that "Destruction leads to a very rough road, but it also breeds creation." The rock band was referring ...
Google’s Champion of Holistic Insurance: Karna’s Journey Continues
Like many people who have met Dr. Henna Karna, Google's general manager of Global Industry Solutions in Insurance, Reinsurance and Risk Management, it's hard for a ...
Not Your Everyday CEO: Reversal of Fortune Again
Louis Ziskin is a born entrepreneur. Possessed of a keen mind, nimble tongue and an ability to perceive financial opportunities where others retreat from the risks, his ...
FTX Liability Tentacles Spread Far
As the spectacle knowingly or unwittingly orchestrated by Sam Bankman-Fried, cofounder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading and cryptocurrency trading firm ...
Backing Up EV Battery Reliability: Munich Re’s aiSure
The European Union is miles ahead of the U.S. in terms of adopting electric vehicles (EVs). By 2026, the number of EVs sold in the EU is expected to exceed 4.4 million ...
AI Insurance Takes a Step Toward Becoming a Market
Back when Munich Re launched the industry's first insurance coverage for artificial intelligence (AI) at the end of 2018, the policy, aiSure, found few takers. In ...
Leading in an Industry He Once Shunned, wefox CEO Aims to Make Insurance Fast and Simple
When Julian Teicke was a teenager, the lavish events his insurance broker father attended with other successful agents struck him as out of proportion to their essential ...
The Secret Life of an InsurTech CEO Leading a $5B Cybersecurity MGA
In the early aughts, when Shardul Shah first met technology entrepreneur Joshua Motta as undergraduates at the University of Chicago, Motta seemed unusually reserved. "I found it challenging to meet ...